Modern Communication and Social Networks on the Labour Market

This work deals with the possibilities and potential of modern social and communication networks in the labor market. The work does not tackle the problem only from point of view of employees and applicants, but also from the perspective of recruiters and employers. Part of the work is dedicated to several negative aspects of the networks such as so-called cyber-bullying and harassment. Based on the primary purposes, for which the social networks were created, I focused primarily on the LinkedIn network and to a lesser extent on Facebook network. As a part of the research, four hypotheses were set, which I gradually confirmed or disproved through a questionnaire survey. The aim of the hypotheses was to determine, whether people are aware of the possibilities offered by social networking sites, not only in search for their job, but also during their career, and to which extent do they use them. One of the hypothesis is also devoted to the experience users have with the abuse of social networks. In the last chapter of my work I summarize that people are nowadays surprisingly very much aware of the potential of social network, but it will probably take some time before these options become fully used in common practice.